The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-20
TIE ALUMNI BANQUET.

adopted.
TIE ALUMNI BANQUET.
This Banquet, having been in pros
pect for year, was a success in every
particular. The committee of arrange
ments, Professors Fulton and j. W.
johnson, and Hon. G. B. Howry, made
elaborate preparations. They placed
the duty of preparing the supper in the
hands of the ladies of the Oxford Pres
byterian church, and this was sufficient
guarantee as to the artistic decorations,
rare and choice menu, and profusion of
viands. More members of the Assocla
ton were present than ever before, and
they, with the Faculty, the Board and
distinguished visitors, made up crowd
of happy, congenial natures. The fol-
lowing were elected for the meeting of
1888: Orator.. G. Longstreet, of Gre
NADIA; Poet-Walter Malone, of Mem
ohis; Essayist-Miss Julia L. johnson,
of the University.
Bishop Galloway was Chairman of the
Reception Committee, and invited all to
repair to the old Stewards Hall, better
known as ''Prep Hail." where Rev. DR..
Waddel invoked the Divine blessing,
and soon all were engaged in feast
more substantial than the intellectual
one they mad INDUCED in for the past
week. After lull IN the rattling of
dishes, DIR. Galloway called upon DR..
Waddel to respond to the sentiment,
"The Elder Brethren" and he did so,
giving some very interesting reminis-
cences of the by-gone days when he was
member of the first faculty. Col.
VIM. Handy, of Birmingham, Ala, re-
sponded 10 the same toast. Mr.. Walter
Malone was next called upon to speak in
behalf of "The Younger Brethren" }"
which he did in bright, luminous way.
Hon. Charles B. Howry then gave an
interesting account of "The Boys Who
wore the Grey" that gallant band, the
university Greys," with its devoted
young chaplain, NJ. B. Lowry. Gen.
Will L. Martin, of Natchez, then made
statement in behalf of the Board of
Trustees. He said the University was
in splendid working order and urged
each member of the Alumni present to
do all in his or her power to assist in
the upbuilding of the institution. Prof.
Edward Mayes then made clear, con-
else statement in behalf of the Faculty.
Hon. I'll. L. Muldrow gave the toast
'fOur Country" By request, Hon. E.
H. Dial, of Meridian, responded to the
subject " Mississippi, Her Work for
Youth and Woman" This was Gov.
Lowry's toast, but he left on the even
ing train. Col. James Gordon, (alias
"Pious Jeems", } next gave ''The Alum
nj" And then the Rev. DIR. T. d.
Witherspoon, of Louisville, KY, spoke
eloquently and and feelingly of "Our
| Alma Mater" The ladies were thank
ed, the benediction pronounced, and the
crowd dispersed, feeling better in every
respect.
THE ALUMNI ADDRESS.
As Hon. Frank Hurd, of Ohio, who
| had been selected to deliver the Annual
Grafton before the Literary Societies,
did not meet his appointment, Capt.
James T. FAINT, of Holly Springs, the
Alumni Orator, spoke at the hour ap-
pointed for Mr.. Hurd, and though we
have never heard the distinguished
Ohioan, we doubt whether he was
| much missed, so beautifully and touch
ingly did the gentleman who occupied
his time treat his subject sThe Old and
New South" He is undoubtedly one
of the most brilliant men in North Mis-
sissippi. He was followed by the Hon.
Francis Fentress, of Bolivar, Tenn, who
read the Alumni Essay, which was in
a late issue of The CLARION.
| THE LEyEE-
| The members of the Faculty, with
their ladies, received their friends In
the chapel Wednesday evening from s
to IL o'clock. Quite number of visi
tors, among whom were many gay
young people, attended this informal
gathering, and the time passed rapidly
and pleasantly. Prof. Mayes and lady
had entertained the Senior Glass at theil
residence on Wednesday evening, for
which the class of 'S7 will ever remem
Der their kind host and hostess.
| coMMEScKsrENT DAY.
| Exercises we're opened by prayer from
the Rev. E. B. Ramsey, of Oxford. The
Salutatorv was delivered by j. L. John
| son, Jr., Sd honor man-2d honor man
w. B. Jones, declining to speak. Next
speaker was Walter Malone; subject
ssThe Old South The Chairman OF
the Faculty announced that he deemel
it fair to the young speaker to state thal
this speech was written three months
ago, before DR.. Wards paper on tn.
same subject came out or Gen. ID. ID
Hill had delivered his celebrated speech
1 at Baltimore. He treated it differently
from either, and the beauty and tender
meas with which he referred to Natur'
as covering the neglected graves OF tn
South's dead heroes, decorating then
II with her flowers and bedewing them